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This Prologue idea has kind of got me a bit psyched up about the prequels which I thought would never happen.
Sometimes showing an actual example is better than trying to explain something verbally.
I've never thought about doing a re-edit of any movie before but I decided to make a few re-edits myself help give some examples of some good ideas. I downloaded a few clips off of You tube and did these last night on Sony Vegas , took about an hour.
Sorry if the music soundtrack jumps sometimes but I was only using a mono track.
Phantom Menace: Obi-wan makes a quick job of Maul
I made a quick clip of Obiwan killing Maul quickly, basically deleting the un-cliffhanger of Obiwan dangling precariously. I also think Qui-gon would have realistically been dead by the time the movie finally gets back to him. So its better to make Ob1 kill Maul quickly.
Sith: Re-edited Balcony scene with Padme and Obi-wan
I basically cut bad dialogue and bad acting of Padme and rearranged the scene so OB1 doesn't answer instead gives a telling stare when she asks if he's going to kill Anakin. I thinks its more dramatic that way.
Sith: Dialogue re-edit before Anakin & Obiwan Duel
I hate to toot my horn here but I really like what I did here. I think this shows that you can remove about HALF of the dialogue from a scene in a prequel movie and still have the scene make sense and come across better than before. Basically Padme doesn't whimper like a dying puppy throughout the whole scene anymore and Anakin comes across as meaner and more deranged, filled with the dark side. (Oh, and doesn't say stupid things either.)
You can see the way the scene was before here: Mustafar scene
Let me know if u like how they turned out.